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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1925
Page
2
Clovis high meets Golden Sand storm in a Saturday clash at Bivins Stadium. Coach A B Hays trains hard, predicting a real battle after a scoreless tie with Roswell, a strong opponent. Evening admission is 75 cents for adults and 35 cents for students.
H C Porter, highway engineer for central Texas, announced the Texas highway commission accepted his resignation. He cited workplace changes including an ex-commissioner named road maintenance superintendent and a Hilconey engineer as road foreman, with key staff dismissed, effective November 1, as factors in the disorganization.
In Dallas on October 27 the Texas Daily Press League holds an annual meeting with a program on newspaper operation and a review of the advertising bureau. The event follows the AP members’ meeting October 25 and 26. Speakers include C. E. Palmer of Texarkana and other league members.
Lucien Vinez the European lightweight champion stayed in Europe another year after defeating Piet Van Vliet of Holland by knockout inside ten rounds. Vinez won the decision after 15 rounds and thwarted an elaborate American tour planned by a Cleveland figure, who hoped victory in ten rounds would fuel a U S itinerary. The Dutch challenger kept distance and lingered, absorbing punishment while weathering the 15 rounds.
Houston reports Trent Goodwin former Houston Buffaloes manager and 36th Division air service officer remained in critical condition after a plane crash at Ellington Field. He sustained compound fractures of both limbs but was not initially believed seriously injured. conditions worsened Tuesday morning according to attendants.
New York Oct 20. Jack Dempsey would have lost his heavyweight title at the Polo Grounds two years ago to Luis Angel Firpo if a recent ruling by the New York Athletic Commission had been in effect. Referees were told that a boxer knocked through the ropes and helped back in by ringside personnel would trigger a rule change and the referee should withhold the count until the opponent retires to a neutral corner.
John L. Lewis international president of the United Mine Workers challenged anthracite operators to sue him for libel after speeches at the AFL convention in Atlantic City and the Harrisburg Merce meeting. He said such a suit would reveal public misperceptions about operators profits and industry practices.
Los Angeles reports a growing use of radio to treat ship crews across the Pacific. Doctors on shore in San Pedro relay medical queries from ships without doctors aboard, diagnose symptoms, and prescribe remedies.
The report by Ralph A. Ward, a long time Methodist missionary in China, states that Christianity is no longer viewed as foreign in China. Ward notes many republic leaders are Christians and about 2,300,900 Chinese are enrolled in Christian churches, despite nationalist attacks.
The Boy Scouts of America require at least 600 new executives and assistants to run existing 606 first class councils and upcoming groups. A series of intensive training courses will start October 24 with Teachers College at Columbia University. About 300000 benefited from camp programs this summer, membership rose by over 100000 to 649000, Lone Scout division has 91693, volunteers number 160000 with under 1000 employed professionally.
Floor, wax, and phone terms appear as scattered fragments. The readable text provides no clear event, person, or organizational context to formulate a coherent news item or summary.
May Start Mike Corbin, a diminutive quarterback with six years high school football, is quick and confident under fire. He signals like Jackson and drives the club forward, excels at carrying and is hard to tackle. He was all West Texas quarterback in 1922 and will likely start against the Matadors in Lubbock Saturday.
Dallas records a plan to organize a new branch of the state W C T U on October 24 led by leaders who split from the organization last year in protest of Mrs Claude de Van Watts’s election as president. Districts 4 13 and 14 join the move as Waxahachie hosts the state convention October 28 to 30, with tensions over dues and charter forfeits.
Farmers in the El Paso valley negotiate to purchase a cotton seed mill and run it themselves due to low local prices and a pink bollworm quarantine that blocks seed shipments to other markets. The widow of Henry Starr, an alleged bandit killed recently, was arrested there at Fort Smith police request. Sacred harp singers from four states plan a concert in Texarkana as the city council opens bids on a $200000 paying project with a $600000 bond issue already authorized.
Corpus Christi reports a compromise judgment in the damage suit by J A Koemel against Nueces County Drainage District No 2 over a ditch allegedly harming his land. The filing details the land damage claim and settlement terms discussed locally.
Miss Virginia Harper of Austin daughter of Dean Henry W Harper and Mrs Harper at the University graduate school was elected secretary from among four candidates in the annual fall election.
The National Boxing Association in Atlanta named champions in seven major classes. Jack Dempsey heavyweight and Paul Berlenbach light heavyweight head the list. Harry Greb, Mickey Walker, Jimmie Goodrich, Louis Kaplan, and Fidel Lebarba follow in Middleweight to Flyweight. Pinkie Mitchell’s junior welterweight claim was rejected. Lebarba defeated Frankie Genaro for the flyweight title. Latrobe Bogswell reelected president. Detroit chosen for the 1926 convention dates October 18 and 19.
A letter to Jnc. Burson from T P G Finance Corp officials says the GRAIL project is indefinitely delayed because less than one third of the required 3 million stock subscriptions were raised along the route. The firm expects eventual construction, but local merchants fear the ICGC permit opportunity was lost.
Miss Vera L. Noyes, supervisor of Religious Education in the Chicago Diocese, advocates mail instruction to reach children in rural areas who cannot attend Sunday school. Her system delivers weekly graded lessons designed to make religion real and active, shaping home life and cultivating thought and action.
The Ber liner Anzeiger reports Soviet authorities authorize three year probationary marriages to clarify matrimony state in Russia. After probation, couples may form permanent bonds or separate. registration at city clerk is required and a blue pencil marks nonexistence if it ends.
Rome reports building progress hard to track as municipal authorities struggle to supply names for numerous new streets and house numbers in expanding suburban areas.
Gabriele D Annunzio has donated the original manuscript of his book Al clone to the Ambrosian Library in Gardone Riviera as a tribute to its significance in Italian culture.
A remedy touted for itching relief and skin irritation suggests Zemo as a dependable antiseptic liquid. It claims to clear eczema, rashes, pimples, and other blemishes, stops itching instantly, and is available from druggists in 35 cents for standard size and a dollar for extra large.
O V Vernon summarizes six months of Board of City Development work in Amarillo. The group helped secure state region convention and West Texas Chamber of Commerce events, promoted rock island line hearings, flood control tours, and an aerial landing field. It hosted many industry groups, expanded membership to 400, promoted the Tri-State Exposition, and runs a tourist bureau for 4000 motorists. A hard surfaced road to oil fields is sought.
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